My comic book shop--the only one in town--is closing on Saturday.

From the very excellent Veganomicon, by the maintainers of The Post-Punk Kitchen. Seriously a great book.
I have left out some of the hints (make the dough and/or roast the squash a day ahead, serve with guacamole, etc.) but otherwise, these are the words of the authors, not me.
( Acorn Squash and Black Bean Empanadas )

First the June 2008 issue of Harper's, about the Idaho couple who donate their time, boat, and equipment to search for drowning victims. The article started with this set of images:


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Maybe I'm taking this a little personally because next year my son will probably be in kindergarten (and I'm wondering if I'm "tiger mom"-ing [as one of you describes it] by proxy), but here's your Bad Teacher story of the weekIn brief, Wendy Portillo had a five year old kindergartner stand up in front of his classmates and have them tell him what ( Read more... )

So: purple and/or orange cauliflower--discuss.

I'm still confused about how what certainly felt like a greasy kernel of loathing for this show somehow transmogrified into a buttery fluffy lump of love.
I'll stay up all hours to catch Sunday reruns. Weird, because it really might suck by accident instead of on purpose.

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But seriously, it's a comedy, right?

What happened to you, Eliot Spitzer? You used to be cool.

The teevee show I'm watching right now says he's resigning. Whoa.

EDIT: He's being indicted. Double whoa.

FURTHER EDIT: Yes indictment, "expected to resign," but no confirmation. Jeeeeeez.

Depressing, awesome, or both?

Svalbard Global Seed Vault open for business in Norway in case there is some doom.For which we should be lauded or chided ( Read more... )

So acquisitive today. I want:

A lovely pocketknife, for defense and nail-picking
A perfect bike
A copy of Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones (this one I actually have to go get; promises were made).
Some tacos

I'm all sevenish or something.

And there's too much coffee.

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